Engaging NEETs through image sharing and photography: evaluating the impact on communication, self-awareness, learning

英国有100多万年轻人是NEET(16-24岁的年轻人，没有接受教育、就业或培训)。由于强加给社会的代价，这个问题再次引起了政治上的关注(伦敦，公共政策研究所，2013年)。与此同时，由于社交媒体和拍照手机的普及(50%的Instagram用户年龄在16-29岁之间，Snapchat是青少年中最受欢迎的网络)，摄影已经成为对年轻人特别有吸引力的媒介。拟议的项目将研究如何利用这种兴趣。它将研究如何将在线图像分享和基于摄影的方法应用于非英语专业人士群体，以加强他们的沟通和自我意识，发展可移植的技能，并最终导致他们重新参与学习和就业。自从社交媒体和数码摄影出现以来，摄影作为社会和个人变革的推动者重新兴起(Loewenthal，2013)。这使得人们认识到有必要进行新的严格评估，我的研究将致力于提供这种评估。我拥有摄影学硕士学位，研究摄影的治疗用途。我是一名训练有素的参与式摄影推动者，也是HumanCamera.org的创始人，这是一家经营基于摄影的社区项目、展览和研讨会的社会企业。我的两个最大的项目构成了我博士学习的初步研究。第一个是34名失业的成年精神疾病患者的重新参与。结果，其中80%的人开始就业和接受教育，在沃特斯通举办了一个展览和一本摄影出版物。第二个是青年学院支持的项目。它考察了摄影、图像分享和视觉素养如何吸引中学生，并促进负责任和有意义的图片分享。布拉姆科特学校联盟的简短干预以及学生和教师对许多感兴趣的学生进行了询问。目的-评估摄影和在线图像共享如何增强沟通和自我意识，并最终导致非英语教师利用对媒体的兴趣重新参与学习和就业。-确定如何通过结合在线图像共享来开发现有的基于摄影的方法，从而创建一种新的可复制的重新参与NEET的方法。上下文摄影作为社会参与和健康福祉发展的工具的好处是一种公认和研究的机制(Loewenthal，2013)。我将借鉴关于治疗性摄影的现有研究--在这个过程中，不会进行正式的治疗，但参与其中的参与者会体验到个人洞察力(Weiser，1999)，以及关于参与性艺术及其与改善自我表达和动机的联系的研究(英国艺术理事会，2012)。我将在PhotoVoice的相关研究的基础上再接再厉，这是一种参与性的摄影行动研究方法(Wang，1999)，以及像摄影识字这样的研究-一种鼓励年轻人拍摄他们生活中的场景并将其用作表达催化剂的方法(DocumentaryStuddies.duke.edu，2011)。我的项目将在现有研究的基础上进行扩展，特别关注这些方法在重新参与NEET中的使用，并将提供关于它们在在线环境中的影响和应用的新信息。我的研究将直接使需要证明其工作的组织受益。它将提供一种新的可复制的方法，可供专注于NEETS参与的组织和致力于NEETS预防的学校使用。最后，它将深入了解如何使用在线图片共享来参与NEETs活动，以降低社会的总体成本。

There are over a million young people in the UK who are NEET (16-24 year old young people not ineducation, employment or training). There has been renewed political focus on this issue due tothe imposed cost on society (London, Institute for Public Policy Research, 2013). At the same time,photography has become a particularly attractive medium for young people - due to social mediaand the accessibility of camera phones (50% of Instagram users are aged 16-29 and Snapchat is themost popular network amongst teens). The proposed project will examine how this interest can beharnessed. It will look at how online image sharing and photography based methods can beapplied to groups of NEETs in order to enhance their communication and self-awareness, developtransferable skills and ultimately lead to their reengagement with learning and employment. Sincethe advent of social media and digital photography, there has been a resurgence in the use ofphotography as an agent for social and personal change (LOEWENTHAL, 2013). This has created arecognised need for new rigorous evaluation which my research will aim to provide.I hold an MA (distinction) in photography, where I researched the therapeutic use of photography. Iam a trained participatory photography facilitator and founder of HumanCamera.org - a socialenterprise that runs photography based community projects, exhibitions and workshops. My twolatest projects form the preliminary research of my doctoral study. The first was reengagement of34 unemployed, adult, mental health sufferers. It concluded with 80% of them proceeding toemployment and education, an exhibition and a photography publication available at Waterstones.The second was a project supported by the Young Academy. It looked at how photography, imagesharing and visual literacy can engage secondary school students and promote responsible andmeaningful picture sharing. The short intervention at Bramcote School consortium and the studentand teacher enquires concluded with many interested students.Aims- To evaluate how photography and online image sharing can enhance communication andself-awareness and ultimately lead to reengaging NEETs with learning and employment utilising their interest in the medium.- To determine how existing photography based methods can be developed by incorporatingonline image sharing thus creating a new replicable method for the reengagement ofNEETs.ContextThe benefits of photography as a tool for social engagement and development of health andwellbeing is a recognised and examined mechanism (LOEWENTHAL, 2013). I will draw uponexisting research on therapeutic photography - a process where no formal therapy takes place butthe participants engaging in it experience personal insight (WEISER, 1999), as well as studies onparticipatory arts and their link to improved self-expression and motivation (Arts Council England,2012). I will build upon relevant research on PhotoVoice - a participatory photography actionresearch method (WANG, 1999) and research like Literacy Through Photography - a methodologythat encourages young people to photograph scenes from their lives and use them as catalysts forexpression (Documentarystudies.duke.edu, 2011). My project will expand on this existing researchby focusing specifically on the use of these methods in reengaging NEETs and will provide newinformation on their impact and application within an online environment.My research will directly benefit organisations that need to evidence their work. It will provide anew replicable method that can be used by organisations focusing on NEETs engagement andschools that are working on NEETs prevention. Finally, it will provide insight into the use of onlinepicture sharing for the engagement of NEETs reducing the overall costs on society.